Revision is to ice cream as editing is to the sprinkles on top. Sure, it’s still dessert without the sprinkles, but that final touch is what perfects it, makes it irresistible.

Now that you’ve looked after the BIG problems during the revision phase, you have to think SMALL, er… small. Editing is all about polishing your prose and cleaning up the tiny errors hidden throughout your writing. Continue reading →

When it comes to revision, think BIG.

Big mistakes, big changes. Forget about the finicky word alterations or improving sentence structure. If you sweat the small stuff at this stage, you’ll lose sight of the bigger picture… and you’ll also lose your mind. Not to mention, if you’ve still got big changes happening, why waste your time on the details that won’t matter if you end up cutting the chapter entirely?

Those first few pages of your manuscript can make it or break it. Can draw a potential reader in or push them away. When you browse the bookstore, you don’t open up to the middle of the book where the meat of the action is. You scan the first page to know if you want to read more. If you don’t like what you see, you put it back.